Firewall Deployment Part 2
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What are the 5 supported virtualisation platforms for Sophos OS? -
answer Hyper-V, VMware, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and Nutanix Prism
What scenario would Sophos Firewall be deployed in Gateway
mode? - answer Port A is configured for LAN, port B is configured for
WAN and Port C is configured for DMZ. This means that any threats
trying to get to the LAN or DMZ will be blocked by the firewall
What scenario would Sophos Firewall be deployed in Bridge mode? -
answer When the Sophos is installed behind an existing firewall that
only deals with WAN connectivity and the Sophos is configured for
LAN and DMZ. This provides additional protection that isn't provided
by the existing firewall, such as Sophos's Synchronized security, IPS
or ATP services
What is Bridge mode also known as? - answer Transparent or In-line
mode
What scenario would Sophos firewall be deployed in Discover mode?
- answer When a Sophos firewall is used behind the existing firewall
to evaluating the additional security capabilities it provides without
making changes to the current infrastructure. It would be connected
to a port on the switch which would have port mirroring enabled and
a copy of all data following through passed to the Sophos for
evaluation. It cannot influence live traffic but provide security
reports